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I picked up a 1980 Coleman 220K last weekend for $28. All original great condition, new mantels but I was unsure what fuel to use. I mentioned to a friend that I needed to pick up some kerosene for it & he said “I think those only use Coleman lantern fuel”. Can anyone confirm or speak to what these use ?!?  U.S.M.C. VFW-8054 III% "Never let a Wishbone grow where a Backbone should be "  | ||
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Spinnin' Chain |
Naptha or white gas. You can buy Coleman fuel at just about any store with camping supplies. | |||
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Yes. White gas/Coleman fuel. I grew up using these lanterns and Coleman camp stoves. Still have a couple and some camp stoves as well. | |||
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| Just for the hell of it  |
Coleman fuel or white gas. Basically the same thing. Kerosene will not work in it as the flash point is to low. I have heard you can modify them to run Kerosene but you need a way to preheat the generator tube. It will also burn with a smell and may clog up the gas tube after some time. I would stick with Coleman fuel. It's expensive but a gallon lasts most people years unless you are doing a lot of camping. _____________________________________ Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. Jack Kerouac | |||
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White gas, sold at Walmart. Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus | |||
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Fortified with Sleestak |
white gas but unleaded will work fine. I have the heart of a lion.......and a lifetime ban from the Toronto Zoo.- Unknown | |||
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Whatever you do... Put that handle down and keep it down when the lantern is lit. New mantles will burn as if they are on fire at first. After that they'll glow when lit. Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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Coleman fuel/white gas is clean, easy to use, and I have found it to be less volatile than gasoline. Walmart camping will have plenty of it. "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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I always thought "white gas" is Amaco premium unleaded. Is that not the case? That's what we used in the 50's. Dean | |||
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Nice find! I'd stick w/ white gas or Coleman fuel (which is easier to find around here). I bought a gallon can of Coleman fuel 5 to 7 years ago and I still have some left after using the lantern during several week long deer camps and numerous camping trips. Love the bright light these lanterns put out and they're much more efficient than the propane lanterns. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
Good lanterns. Coleman fuel/white gas. Any sporting goods store should have it. Wiki says it is a light distallate containing cyclohexane, nonane, octane, heptane, and pentane. Wiki also says unleaded gasoline will burn in the lanterns, but maybe not as cleanly. I think white gas is very close to gasoline, all in all. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Gary Coleman. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt" "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris | |||
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A Grateful American |
^^^ Only in the small lanterns... "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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| Man Once Child Twice |
*^^^^^^ Funny guy. Lol I’d use Coleman fuel. It burns nice and clean. Get a very small screened funnel. They did make duel fuel camp stoves, probably lanterns too. Make sure it holds pressure before you fill it. Get extra mantles, as they are very fragile after burning. Burn them by match before you light it first time. Always want a PetroMax European lantern. But there probably $400 now, but put out tons more light than a Coleman. | |||
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Funny story: My young(?) co-worker was talking about going car camping with some friends recently. I offered to let him borrow my Coleman white gas stove. He's an outdoor guy but his friends aren't. Even so, he'd never seen a stove that he couldn't attach a 1 lb. propane bottle to. I gave him the stove and a container of white gas and told him the instructions were on the lid. They all went camping and the next Monday he advised that they tried to use it, but that it "started shooting flames everywhere" and they all panicked and shut it down. I chuckled at the mental image of true Millennial Panic that must have ensued. He thought it might be broken or the lines blocked. Now I forgot to mention that the stove had been sitting unused in my shop for about 10 years (same for the fuel). So he might've been right. I probably should have given it a test-run before handing it over... Anyway, I went home and fired it up to see what all the commotion was about. It had the usual burn-off of excess fuel as it started, but then both burners worked fine. Glad I didn't give them the Coleman lantern I also have. That would have confused and frightened them to no end!  Todd phxtoad "Careful man, there's a beverage here!" | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
That thing is in great shape. Looks new. I have two of them from the early 50s (I think) that I inherited from my dad. Still work great, but I need to restore them. And yes, white gas is all I use. Any old brand will do. ETA: Just checked and one is 1948 and the other is 1951.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Gustofer, ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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I have one. Coleman fuel-Walmart. That's a nice one. GOD/Israel, family, 2nd amendment rights: in that order. Tennessee -ELOHIM IS MY GOD! | |||
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PopeDaddy |
I still have my lantern from the early 19080's works like a champ. also have one of the newer dual fuel models. no difference in performance. 0:01 | |||
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I still have mine that I bought in 1983. Still works! As others said, white gas/Coleman fuel. My local Walmart carries the Coleman fuel. Not cheap when compared to regular gas. I did buy a second lantern to keep on hand. This one is a duel/fuel, meaning I can use Coleman fuel or unleaded gas. Steve "The Marines I have seen around the world have, the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps." Eleanor Roosevelt, 1945 | |||
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I still have my Optimus Svea 123 camping stove circa 1977. I got it for about $20 new. You can still get them, but they are going for about $100.  Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. - Dave Barry "Never go through life saying 'I should have'..." - quote from the 9/11 Boatlift Story (thanks, sdy for posting it) | |||
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